Confusions of a Nutzy Spy
Confusions of a Nutzy Spy is a 1943 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Norman McCabe.[1] The short was released on January 23, 1943, and stars Porky Pig.[2]
| Confusions of a Nutzy Spy | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Norman McCabe |
| Produced by | Leon Schlesinger |
| Story by | Don Christensen |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Music by | Carl W. Stalling |
| Animation by | I. Ellis John Carey (uncredited) Cal Dalton (uncredited) Arthur Davis (uncredited) |
| Layouts by | David Hilberman |
Production company | Leon Schlesinger Productions |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date | January 23, 1943 |
| Country | United States |
The cartoon is a World War II propaganda film that deals with Porky and his bloodhound that has sneezing problems trying to track down a Nazi spy caricature in the form of a lynx. Their goal is to stop him from blowing up a critical railroad bridge. It was directed by Norman McCabe.
The title is a pun of the film title Confessions of a Nazi Spy.[3] The lynx is called the "Missing Lynx", a pun on the description missing link. The bomb is called "Hallelujah, I'm a Bomb", a reference to the song "Hallelujah, I'm a Bum".
Plot
The cartoon opens with assorted things being shown that make fun of small town prisons and various criminal practices. At the end of that sequence, a bloodhound is shown trying to sleep, when he is interrupted by a radio broadcast that annoys him to the point where he breaks the radio with a mallet. Porky then enters with a paper that has a picture of a wanted Nazi spy on it, the bloodhound eventually sneezes itself and Porky out of the town jail and it also blows the flyer onto the spy's face.
The spy then tries to fool Porky into believing that he is not the spy when he comes after him. Eventually, the Nazi's plan to blow up the bridge is revealed and he activates the bomb timer, after which Porky and the bloodhound work to stop it. Porky eventually captures the bomb and when he hears its ticking throws it and runs from the bloodhound who retrieves it and this sequence continues until the Nazi spy is cornered in an area by the bomb, just when it is about to explode; it turns out to be a dud. The Nazi is blown to bits by the dud when he slams it on the ground. He ends up in heaven, where he gives the Nazi salute.
References
- Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 137. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
- Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 124–126. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- Birdwell, Michael E. (1 February 2000). Celluloid Soldiers: Warner Bros. Campaign Against Nazism. NYU Press. p. 78. ISBN 978-0-8147-9871-3.